The Explorers' Club, № CMXLIII

Operation AXIOM: The Space Age—The 40th Anniversary of S.T.S.-6, Part I
4-6 April 1983: The Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099 lifted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center with CDR Paul Weitz, Pilot "Bo" Bobko, Mission Specialist 1 Story Musgrave, & Mission Specialist 2 Donald Peterson; they deployed T.D.R.S.-1 (pre-launch: T.D.R.S.-A), the first satellite of the Tracking & Data Relay Satellite System, toward a geosynchronous orbit via an Inertial Upper Stage booster.

Commentary: This was the first flight of the Challenger OV-099.

Bonus! Space Age Song o' the Day: S.T.S.-6
They Might Be Giants, "The Secret Life of Six" from Here Come the 123s (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)

Semper exploro.